the first child, we find that the arrival of the first child leads to a sharp and persistent 35% decline in mothers …

to examine the effects of having a young child on mothers' employment in urban India over 1983-2011. The analysis also …Since the 1990s, India has seen robust economic growth, rising wages, steady fertility decline, increased urbanization … policy research on women's employment in India. The discussion is situated in the normative construction of motherhood and …

This paper investigates the role of demand-side incentives to mothers and supply-side incentives to community health … intervention Janani Suraksha Yojana, introduced in India in 2005. By its unique dual focus on demand and supply, the programme … entitled socio-economically backward mothers with cash assistance if they chose to give birth at public health institutions …

not have children and not due to the wage penalty incurred by mothers. …